Dupond-Moretti wants a "probative penal warning" to replace the reminder of the law

Europe 1 with AFP 12:10, September 27, 2021

The Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti announced on Sunday that he wanted the establishment of a "probative criminal warning" to replace the reminder to the law, the repeal of which appears in the bill "for confidence in the judicial institution ". This warning "will be issued by the courts which, for one year, will put the accused under surveillance. In the event of another offense during this period, they will then be judged for the two offenses, the new and the old" , explained the Minister of Justice in an interview with

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The new device "will be effective from January 1, 2023," said the minister.

The probationary penal warning must make it possible to "break with the evanescent character" of the reminder to the law, "penal response too weak to be effective", underlines the Minister of Justice.

The end of recalls to the law, an alternative measure to prosecution, had been voted in May by the deputies within the framework of the bill "for the confidence in the judicial institution".

Reminders to the law gradually abandoned

Pending the entry into force of the probationary penal warning, reminders of the law will also be gradually abandoned for certain types of offenses.

"From the promulgation of the law, crimes of violence against persons holding public order or holding an elective mandate will be excluded, and on June 1, all crimes of violence", declared the Minister of Justice.

In 2019, 260,000 reminders of the law had been issued, or 21% of the criminal response.

The law "for the confidence in the judicial institution" will be examined in the Senate in first reading from Tuesday.